Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday in Parliament that the law enforcing agencies sometimes open fire in self-defence while resisting organized gangs or arresting them.
 
She said this while answering to a tabled question of BNP lawmaker AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon during the PM’s question-answer session.
 
The question was will the government take any effective steps to stop forced disappearance and extrajudicial killing that increased alarmingly in the country.
 
The Prime Minister said that the law enforcing agencies are always ready to curb criminal activities in the country. “To arrest or resist the organized gangs, the law enforcing agencies often have to use force and sometimes even have to open fire in self-defence,” she said.
 
Hasina mentioned that if any such incident happens, the authorities make enquiry into each incident and take lawful steps against any excessive use of force.
 
She said the government is ever ready to establish rule of law in the country and actions have been taken against the criminals as per the laws.
 
“If any person goes missing, a general diary or case is filed in the respective police station, and then search and enquiry are conducted,” the PM told the House.